NWFP Governor Ali Jan Orakzai on Monday expressed concern over law and order situation in the Bajaur Agency despite peace agreements between the government and all key tribes of the area. “Tribal elders should play their role in identifying and apprehending the culprits,” Orakzai told a jirga consisting of elders, councilors and parliamentarians from Bajaur Agency at Governor’s House. “Tribesmen are traditionally religious and individuals disrupting peace in the area have no place in the tribal system,” he said. Orakzai urged the elders to form local peace and surveillance committees to ensure peace in their respective areas, adding that the government was committed to its responsibility to maintain peace and could deal with any situation with the cooperation of the tribesmen. The governor also expressed concern over reports of poppy cultivation in some areas of the agency and urged for joint struggle to eradicate poppy from the area.